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SENATE BILL NO. 243(Substitute of Senate Bill No. 194 by Senator Morrish)
BY SENATOR MORRISH
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 17:183.3(A)(1)(b), to enact R.S. 17:2922.1, and to repeal Subpart
3 A-3 of Part III of Chapter 1 of Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950,
4 comprised of R.S. 17:187.1 through 187.5, R.S. 17:3129.1, and 3137, relative to dual
5 enrollment; to create and provide with respect to the Dual Enrollment Framework
6 Task Force; and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 17:183.3(A)(1)(b) is hereby amended and reenacted, and R.S.
9 17:2922.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 §183.3. Career major; description; curriculum and graduation requirements
11 A.(1)(a) * * *
12 (b) Students pursuing a career major shall be afforded the opportunity to
13 dually enroll in an a Louisiana public postsecondary education institution under
14 the management and supervision of the Board of Supervisors of Community and
15 Technical Colleges or participate in a business internship or work-study program
16 when such opportunities are available and appropriate.
17 * * *
18 §2922.1. Dual Enrollment Framework Task Force, creation, purpose,
19 membership, definitions, reporting, termination
20 A. The Dual Enrollment Framework Task Force is hereby created under
21 the jurisdiction of the Board of Regents for the purpose of making
22 recommendations for the establishment of a statewide dual enrollment
23 framework designed to provide universal access to dual enrollment courses to
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1 all qualified public high school juniors and seniors.
2 B.(1) The task force shall be composed of twelve members as follows:
3 (a) The governor or his designee.
4 (b) The commissioner of higher education or his designee.
5 (c) The state superintendent of education or his designee.
6 (d) The president of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary
7 Education or his designee.
8 (e) The executive director of the Louisiana School Boards Association or
9 his designee.
10 (f) The executive director of the Louisiana Association of School
11 Superintendents or his designee.
12 (g) The executive director of the Louisiana Association of Principals or
13 his designee.
14 (h) The president of the Louisiana School Counselor Association or his
15 designee.
16 (i) The chairman of the College and Career Readiness Commission or his
17 designee.
18 (j) The president of Council for a Better Louisiana or his designee.
19 (k) The executive director of Stand for Children Louisiana or his
20 designee.
21 (l) The executive director of the Louisiana Association of Public Charter
22 Schools or his designee.
23 (2) Members shall serve without compensation, except for per diem or
24 expenses to which they may be entitled as members of the constituent
25 organizations.
26 (3) A majority of the total membership shall constitute a quorum of the
27 task force, and any official action taken by the task force shall require an
28 affirmative vote of the majority of the quorum present and voting.
29 (4) The commissioner of higher education shall call an organizational
30 meeting of the task force by August 1, 2019. The task force shall elect a
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1 chairman, and any other officers deemed necessary, from among the
2 membership.
3 (5) The Board of Regents shall provide staff support to the task force.
4 C. "Dual enrollment" means the enrollment of a high school student in
5 a postsecondary course for which both postsecondary and high school credit
6 may be earned.
7 (1) Dual enrollment shall include any course which provides credit:
8 (a) Toward a high school diploma and a public postsecondary education
9 academic undergraduate degree.
10 (b) Toward a high school diploma aligned to a career major as provided
11 in R.S. 17:183.1 et seq. and a public postsecondary education credential in a
12 high-demand field.
13 (2) Dual enrollment shall not include any course which provides:
14 (a) Credit only as a high school transition course or a remedial
15 postsecondary education course.
16 (b) Partial credit for a corequisite, modular, or scalable postsecondary
17 education course.
18 D. In developing recommendations for the framework, the task force
19 shall:
20 (1) Review existing laws, policies, and efforts in Louisiana and other
21 states on dual enrollment, course choice, student remediation, articulation and
22 transfer, and transition courses.
23 (2) Consider any dual enrollment recommendations from the College and
24 Career Readiness Commission.
25 (3) Seek to coordinate all dual enrollment efforts of the Board of Regents,
26 the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the state Department
27 of Education, public postsecondary education management boards and
28 institutions, and the governing authority of each public high school.
29 E. In making recommendations, the task force may identify:
30 (1) Strategic funding needs.
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1 (2) Funding sources.
2 (3) Course content requirements.
3 (4) Instructor and student qualifications.
4 (5) A process to:
5 (a) Guarantee that dual enrollment courses articulate to the appropriate
6 public postsecondary education institution.
7 (b) Require that dual enrollment courses and course grades are recorded
8 on a student's permanent high school and postsecondary academic transcripts.
9 (c) Routinely evaluate the effectiveness of the statewide dual enrollment
10 framework and dual enrollment courses.
11 (d) Recognize and reward schools, through the state's school and district
12 accountability system, that graduate students who have earned significant credit
13 toward a postsecondary credential or degree.
14 (e) Recognize and reward each postsecondary education institution,
15 within the postsecondary education funding formula, that shows significant use
16 of dual enrollment to further its institutional mission.
17 (f)(i) Establish a uniform pricing structure which may include a
18 maximum tuition for dual enrollment courses offered by each public
19 postsecondary education institution and which may differentiate between
20 courses taught on a postsecondary campus, online, or at a high school, and may
21 differentiate by the qualifications of the instructor.
22 (ii) Notwithstanding Item (i) of this Subparagraph, the recommended
23 pricing structure shall not prevent a public postsecondary education institution
24 and a public high school governing authority from entering into a memorandum
25 of understanding or other agreement to provide dual enrollment courses free
26 of charge or an amount less than that established by the pricing structure.
27 F. The Board of Regents shall submit a written report of task force
28 findings and recommendations to the Senate Committee on Education and the
29 House Committee on Education by October 1, 2020.
30 G. The task force shall terminate on June 30, 2021.
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1 Section 2. Subpart A-3 of Part III of Chapter 1 of Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised
2 Statutes of 1950, comprised of R.S. 17:187.1 through 187.5, R.S. 17:3129.1, and 3137 are
3 hereby repealed.
4 Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
5 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
6 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
7 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
8 effective on the day following such approval.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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